TV snake man Mark O’Shea bitten by killer 10ft king cobra

TV snake man Mark O’Shea bitten by killer 10ft king cobra

It was just a nick really. It was a lucky escape. Their venom is powerful but I’m absolutely fine, there’s nothing wrong with me

Snake expert Mark O’Shea

He amazed doctors with a mir-aculous recovery but yesterday admitted: “I won’t lie, it did hurt.

“It was just a nick really. It was a lucky escape. Their venom is powerful but I’m absolutely fine, there’s nothing wrong with me.”

Mark, 56, was discharged from the Worcestershire Royal Hospital in Worcester less than 24 hours after suffering the bite.

He went straight back to work at the West Midlands Safari Park in Bewdley, Worcs, where he praised his colleagues for coming to his aid.

He said: “They were fantastic. If you work with dangerous animals you have to understand it comes with a risk.” Mark was feeding a 10-ft long cobra called Sleeping Beauty when he was bitten in the leg.

Staff immobilised his leg to stop the poison from circulating and prepared an anti-venom jab.